Gandhian Philosophy and Peace Education in Modern Era

Education undoubtedly is a means to all-round development of man and is supposed to promote and stimulate universal human values, peace, congruence, and co-existence. It is education, which can ascertain ultimate peace for a human being. Gandhi’s philosophy and its importance in education are inevitable at all levels in all walks of life as it develops into the most stunning and cherished enrichment of human life. Education as expounded through Gandhi’s imagination and explanation is a means to guide and lead a human being from his birth to death as it helps a man to accomplish his desired life goal. The need for adopting Gandhian philosophy is being felt more eagerly nowadays when violence prevails everywhere. The foremost aim of the Gandhian philosophy is to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. In contemporary time, the necessity of education for peace is peace of mind, peace in the family, peace in society, peace within the nation, peace between nations and ultimately peace in the world. In this paper, an attempt was made to explore the need, purpose, and role of Gandhian philosophy in promoting and upholding peace and harmony in the society which may help in bring global peace in the world wide through the peace of individual mind.